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Recurring vs per-job billing — which is right for your crew?

July 1, 2026 4 min read·Service ProSuite Team
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Recurring vs per-job billing — which is right for your crew?

Recurring vs per-job billing

When per-job billing wins

  • Your work is unpredictable (tree removals, one-off cleanouts).
  • Customers already expect a paper invoice per visit.
  • You take payment on-site by card or check.

When recurring monthly billing wins

  • You service the same lawns every week or two weeks.
  • You have >20 monthly clients (below that, the ops savings are marginal).
  • You want stable, predictable Monday morning cash.

The hybrid: monthly with "one-time" overrides

Service ProSuite lets you mark specific jobs as "One-time" even on a monthly-billed client. Tree removal on a monthly lawn client? Mark it one-time, it invoices immediately instead of rolling into the monthly.

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